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Syriana is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir See No Evil. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig, and Mazhar Munir.
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Hyperpartisan, tribalistic nature of modern Hollywood can be best seen in the different ways it reacts to the very same foreign policy choices depending on the party affiliation of the person in charge. If the right person is in the White House, then wars are enthusiastically supported even if they bring humanity to the brink of nuclear annihilation. If the wrong person is in the White House, not only war, but cover…More
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